INVESTIGATION OF 1908. 49 



ix <>f indnidiuil cars of Stowell Evergreen corn grown at Gainesville, Fla., 1908. 



Although only a few sampler <>f Crosby corn were analyzed, each 

 one ivpivx-MN four oars of com except No. 3, of which only one ear 

 was used. Both the averages for moisture and for sugars are about 

 the same as the fiirim > obtained in 1906, but are lower than those 

 I'm- the preceding year. The stand of corn was also much poorer 

 than in 1907. 



The average sugar content of the Stowell Evergreen is above the 

 average "l>taine<l for t lie Crosby, despite the fact that the latter is 

 usually sweeter. While not ><> hiirh as the average for 1907, it is very 

 inueh ahnve that for the 1906 crop. In general quality the corn was 

 aU. Miperim- 1 the (> >-hy variety. The matured seeds were attacked 

 bv the weevil, and it will be difficult to secure seed for planting in 

 1909. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



At the South Carolina station the character of the soil used for the 

 Crosby corn was a well-drained sandy loam. The land was prepared 

 by plowing with a two-horse turning plow, after which it was har- 

 rowed with a disk plow. Fertilizer composed of 250 pounds of 14 per 

 rent, acid phosphate, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, 225 pounds of 

 cottonseed meal, and 320 pounds of kainit per acre was applied at 

 the tune of planting, April 22. A drouth in the early spring caused 

 a poor stand. A weeder was used in the first cultivation and a plow 

 cultivator in the three succeeding ones. The corn reached the edible 

 state July 1 1 . 



The type of soil on which the Stowell Evergreen was grown was the 

 same as that used for the Crosby variety, as were the method of pre- 

 paring the ground, the character of the fertilization, and the dates of 

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